COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY

PRESIDENT

[photo, Anthony L. Jenkins, President, Coppin State University] ANTHONY L. JENKINS, Ph.D., President


President, Coppin State University, since May 26, 2020.

Chair, West North Avenue Development Authority, 2021-. Member, Workgroup on Black Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals, 2023-24; Equitech Growth Commission, 2023-.

Board of Directors, Baltimore Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2024-.

President, West Virginia State University, July 2016 to May 2020.

Assistant Dean of Students, Northeastern Illinois University, 2001-05. Associate Dean of Students, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2005-06. Dean of Students, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2007-10. Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2011-14. Senior Associate Vice-President for Student Development and Enrollment Services, University of Central Florida, 2015-16

Born in Washington, D.C. Served in U.S. Army (air defense artillery specialist), 1988-92. Fayetteville State University, B.S. (criminal justice & sociology),1995; North Carolina Central University, M.S. (criminology), 1997; Virginia Tech University, Ph.D. (educational leadership & policy studies), 2007. Board of Directors, HealthCare Access Maryland, 2020-24. Board of Trustees, Maryland Zoological Society, 2020-. Board of Directors, Hippodrome Foundation, 2021-; Greater Baltimore Committee, 2024- (president's council, 2020-24). Member, Alpha Kappa Psi; Kappa Phi; Sigma Alpha Pi; Alpha Sigma Lambda; Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Phi Sigma; Order of Omega. Don Creamer Outstanding Alumni Award, Virginia Tech University, 2017. Social Change Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 2018. Higher Education Power List, Daily Record, 2024. Maryland 500 in Higher Education, Daily Record, 2026. Married; two daughters.

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